Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 11010.103 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
EMINENT DOMAIN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property if the interest is necessary for the authority to exercise the rights or authority conferred by this chapter.
(b) The authority shall exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code. The authority is not required to give bond for appeal or bond for costs in a condemnation suit or other suit to which it is a party.
(c) The authority may not use the power of eminent domain for the condemnation of land for the purpose of acquiring rights to groundwater or for the purpose of acquiring water or water rights.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2017.
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